長音符

Chinese

long sound; long consonant or vowel
mark; sign; talisman
mark; sign; talisman; to seal; to correspond (to); tally; symbol; written charm; to coincide
 
trad. (長音符) 長音
simp. (长音符) 长音

Pronunciation


Noun

長音符

  1. long-vowel mark; macron or Japanese chōonpu

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ちょう
Grade: 2
おん
Grade: 1
ふ > ぷ
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちょーおんぷ [chòóóꜜǹpù] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːõ̞mpɯ̟]

Noun

(ちょう)(おん)() • (chōonpu

  1. the long-vowel mark (), which marks a long vowel in katakana (and less commonly in hiragana) when placed after a syllable

Synonyms